The International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation (ITFC) and the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB), are to support Institut Pasteur de Dakar (IPD) based in Senegal with medical equipment and biomedical research in the fight against COVID-19 across a network of laboratories in several Sub-Saharan African countries. This intervention is facilitated through the IsDB Reverse Linkage Mechanism and under the Arab Africa Trade Bridges Program as part of the IsDB Group COVID-19 Strategic Preparedness and Response Program (3Rs). It will ensure IPD’s laboratories network across ten other African OIC member countries receive medical equipment and collaborate in their responses to COVID-19 through the sharing…
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
Immunisation against COVID-19 in the EU could start in January if all elements of the bloc’s deal with British pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca fall into place, Austrian Health Minister Rudolf Anschober said on Tuesday. The European Commission announced last week that it had signed a deal for the EU-wide supply of up to 400 million doses of the potential vaccine, which is currently being tested in clinical trials. The target of early next year hinges on whether the companies involved can fulfill their commitments, Anschober said at a news conference in Vienna. “The second condition is that market approval is granted…
By Mustapha Sumaila Over the years, government after government in Nigeria have been criticised over inadequate financing of agribusiness due to lack of access to credit facilities by would-be farmers. This is because the available loanable funds were limited as only a few farmers could access sufficient loans to expand their farming businesses to maximum capacity. Therefore, the present administration’s focus on agriculture is to gurantee the country’s desire for food security and halt food importation with a view to improve the economy. President Muhammadu Buhari has always emphasised this commitment and interest to develop agriculture in order to boost…
The Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB), says it has failed to recover the black box at the crash site of the ill-fated Quorum Helicopter that occurred on Friday in Lagos. The Bureau’s Commissioner, Mr Akin Olateru at a media briefing on Tuesday, said the Helicopter type do not fall into the category that has a Flight Data Recorder (FDR) or the Cockpit Voice Recorder (CVR), because of the weight and the seat size of the aircraft. The accident, occurred on Friday involving a Bell Helicopter 206-B III, Serial Number 3216, Engine Model Allison 250–C20B and Nationality Registration mark 5N-BQW, operated by…
I thank God Almighty for making me able to stand before you today. I give God all the glory for all He has done and continues to do in my life – a life which I have dedicated to Him for selfless service to humanity. And above all, I am grateful for the opportunity to serve Africa passionately, to the very best of my God-given ability.I stand before you today to speak, but I speak for two people: myself and my darling wife, Grace. For without Grace (Yemisi) I will not be here today. I love you honey — thank…
Dr Akinwumi Adesina, President of African Development Bank (AfDB) Group says he will build a much stronger and resilient bank to deliver greater quality impacts on African people. Adesina made the pledge, while giving his inaugural speech during a virtual ceremony of the swearing-in of the AfDB President on Tuesday in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire. The AfDB president said this would be done with the leadership and capacity of the bank, while remaining financially strong and sustainable. He said that the bank, over the next five years would focus on institution, people, delivery, and sustainability. “Each of these is encapsulated in the…
The Niger State Police Command, has arrested one Mohammed Ndanusa for illegally employing and promoting his brother, Tanimu Ndanusa to Grade 14. Briefing newsmen in Minna on Tuesday, the Police Commissioner, Mr Adamu Usman said Ndanusa is a staff of the Ministry of Health. According to him, the staff had engaged his brother, Tanimu, a commercial motorcyclist and had promoted him to grade level 14. The Commissioner said that Tanimu was also arrested when he presented himself for an ongoing verification civil servants in the state.,adding that Tanimu could not produce any relevant documents to the screening committee to prove…
The President, Rotary Club of Abuja, Kubwa (District 9125), Rotarian Lovina Okorn-Ntui, has urged the Federal Government and rotarians across the country, to ensure that Nigeria sustained its polio free certification status. Okorn-Ntui made the call in Abuja during her investiture as the sixth and first female president of the club and a fund raising ceremony. Recall that Nigeria was certified a polio-free country by the World Health Organisation (WHO) after three consecutive years of not recording any outbreak. “Even though we have been certified a polio-free country, it does not mean we should stop vaccinating children against polio. “We…
The half-year financial statement of Fidelity Bank Plc, which ended on June 30, will be published on or before Sept. 28. In a notice posted on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE’s) website on Tuesday, the Company Secretary, Mrs Ezinwa Unuigboje, said the audited report had been completed and sent to the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, for approval. “The NSE has granted a 30-day extension time to file the bank’s audited half year financial statements for the period ended June 30, 2020. “The bank expects to publish the 2020 H1 Audited Financial Statement on or before Sept. 28,” she said.…
Electrification of rural communities in Nigeria will gulp N2.3 trillion, under the Economic Sustainability Plan (ESP), the Federal Government has revealed. ESP is being coordinated by the Office of the Vice President. Mr Goddy Jedy-Agba, the Minister of State Power said this in Abuja on Tuesday, while inaugurating the First 12 Kilo Watts Peak (KWP) Volus Solar for Health (VSFH) Mini-Grid with58 KWH Battery Bank at Karu Primary Health Centre initiated by Volus Energy Ltd. The event was also used to unveil the Sustainable Energy Africa Magazine. Jedy-Agba said that the project would provide Solar Home Systems (SHS) to five…